Wesley Corpus

Wed. October 2.--I walked to Old Sarum, which, in spite of common sense without house or inhabitant, still sends two members to the parliament. It is a large, round hill, encompassed with a broad ditch, which, it seems, has been of a considerable depth. At the top of it is a corn field; in the midst of which is another round hill, about two hundred yards in diameter, encompassed with a wall, and a deep ditch. Probably before the invention of cannon, this city was impregnable. Troy was; but now it is vanished away, and nothing left but “ the stones of emptiness.”’ Thur. 3.--I rode to Reading, and preached in the evening. Observing a warm man near the door, (who was once of the society,) I purposely bowed to him; but he made no return. During the first ee Tiana A ams * oP eee on é 572 REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [Oct. 1754 prayer he stood, but sat while we sung. In the sermon his countenance changed, and in a little while he turned his face to the wall. He stood at the second hymn, and then kneeled down. As I came out he catched me by the hand, and dismissed me with a hearty blessing. Fri. 4.--I came to London. On Monday, 7, I retired to a little place near Hackney, formerly a seat of Bishop Bonner’s, (how are the times changed !) and still bearing his name. Here I was as ina college. Twice a day we joined in prayer. The rest of the day, (allowing about an hour for meals, and another for walking before dinner and supper,) [ spent quietly in my study. Sat. 12.--I administered the sacrament to R . Some years ago he found peace with God, and was freed at once, without any human means, from a distemper naturally incurable. But after three years, on his falling back into the world, it returned more violent than ever; and will probably now be cured no more but by the universal remedy,--death. ,